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SpaceX, NASA, and the United States Armed Forces work closely together by means of governmental contracts. [9] SpaceX was founded by Elon Musk in 2002 with a vision of decreasing the costs of space launches, paving the way to a sustainable colony on Mars.
Entry to SpaceX's headquarters, showing the Dragon capsule used in the COTS Demo Flight 1, a Falcon 9's landing leg and the glassy control room. This is a corporate history of SpaceX, an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company founded by Elon Musk.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n / EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman known for his key roles in Tesla, Inc., SpaceX, and Twitter (which he rebranded as X).Since 2025, he has been a senior advisor to United States president Donald Trump and de facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
The value comes after SpaceX and some of its approved investors struck a deal to buy up to $1.25 billion of employees' shares, offering $185 a share. Therein lies a partial key to SpaceX's ...
Elon Musk was again ranked the world's richest person in a new report released Tuesday, which estimated the Tesla and SpaceX CEO's net worth at $419.4 billion. The new "superbillionaire" report ...
Musk’s Tesla stock ownership and options make up about 60% of his net worth, while his 42% stake in SpaceX is worth about $136 billion, according to Bloomberg. Tesla did not respond to Fortune ...
Elon Musk is the wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of US$347.7 billion as of March 06, 2025, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, [1] and $347.7billion according to Forbes, [2] primarily from his ownership stakes in Tesla, Inc., and SpaceX. [3]
SpaceX made its most important hire in 2002 when Gwynne Shotwell joined as vice president of business development. Shotwell is a former high school cheerleader who is trained as an engineer but ...